Offices / Departments of the Archdiocese of New York

There are over 100 individual departments at the Archdiocese of New York. We hope this directory is useful. However, if your are experiencing difficulty finding the appropriate contact information, please call us direct during normal business hours at 212.371.1000. We have operators standing by to help direct your call.

ArchCare - The Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York

ArchCare is a non-profit healthcare organization guided by the Archdiocese of New York's century-old heritage in serving the sick and the frail in Greater New York. It is based on this dedication and appreciation for the human life, mind and spirit that we continue to devote ourselves to treating every ArchCare participant with respect, compassion and dignity. The ArchCare continuing care community is also a family and a sanctuary, where you or your loved one will experience genuine and personalized care that fosters peace and harmony.

ArchCare offers comprehensive care services at our eight residential locations, at our out-patient locations in your communities, and even right at your own home. We understand no two ArchCare participants are the same. By understanding your individual needs, we can develop personalized care programs that cater specifically to you.

Our Mission and Values

The mission of ArchCare is to foster and provide faith-based holistic care to frail and vulnerable people unable to fully care for themselves. Through shared commitments, ArchCare seeks to improve the quality of the lives of those individuals and their families.

Archdiocesan Council of Women Religious

1011 First Ave

Floor: 6

New York, NY 10022

Contact: Sr. Mary Ellen O'Boyle

Phone: 212-371-1011 Ext: 2589

An association of the major superiors of religious congregations of women in the archdiocese for the purpose of collaboration on mutual concerns.

Archdiocese Drug Abuse Prevention Program (ADAPP)

The Archdiocese Drug Abuse Prevention Program (ADAPP) is dedicated to serving, with excellence, the children, adults and families within the schools, parishes and communities of the New York Archdiocese.We strive to provide innovative, comprehensive services including counseling and education to prevent and intervene in the use of alcohol and other drugs. We believe that through our clear sense of purpose, our dedication to those we serve and the commitment of caring professionals, ADAPP helps adults and children realize their full potential. ADAPP is committed to developing resilient individuals by fostering positive life skills and creating the conditions where bonds between individuals and their families and communities can flourish and grow.

Beacon of Hope

1011 First Ave

Floor: 6

New York, NY 10022

Contact: Division Director - Denise Bauer, LCSWR

Phone: (212) 371-1011 Ext: 3608

Beacon of Hope House (BoHH) operates residences for over 400 individuals. In addition, Beacon of Hope House operates a psycho-social clubhouse in the Bronx.

Black Ministry Office

Established in 1976, the Office of Black Ministry (OBM) was created to address the unique spiritual, cultural and social needs of African-American, African, and Caribbean-American Catholics, as well as the larger Black Community.

Building Commission - St. Joseph's Seminary

The mission of the Archdiocesan Building Commission (ABC) is to support pastors and administrators throughout the Archdiocese with facility-related issues, including new construction, renovation, maintenance and repairs. As a group of professionals with more than a century of collective experience in the contracting discipline, the ABC aims to be the most reliable resource for pastors to insure their projects are completed on time and within budget. The ABC helps to assemble the appropriate team of architects, engineers, contractors and other professionals required to meet a parish’s facilities and construction needs.

Catechetical Office

The Catechetical Office coordinates religious education on the parish level for children, adolescents and adults in multicultural catechetical settings, and for children with special learning needs. This office is also responsible for the formation of parish directors of religious education and parish catechists. The Catechetical Office maintains Media Libraries in each of the Regional Offices and coordinates the implementation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults throughout the Archdiocese. The staff in this office also provide training and formation programs for clergy, directors, catechists and sponsors.

Catechumenate (RCIA)

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is normative for the christian initiation of adults and children of catechetical age. The initiation of catechumens is a gradual process that takes place within the community of the faithful.

Catholic Alumni Partnership

The Catholic Alumni Partnership (CAP) is a program that will stabilize and enhance Catholic elementary schools well into the future. We are dedicated to preserving Catholic schools and the values that they instill – a trained mind, a developed self and an aspiring spirit. It is our goal to engage a group of proud alumni and friends who can support, advocate and partner with us to ensure the future of Catholic elementary school education.

Catholic Charities - Development

The Development Office for Catholic Charities stimulates an understanding of the mission and accomplishments of Catholic Charities. The department also encourages involvement and attract philanthropic support essential for sustaining the support that we provide to the community.

Catholic Charities - Finance

1011 First Ave

Floor: 11

New York, NY 10022

Contact: Kenneth Dempsey

Phone: 212-371-1011 Ext. 2417

The Finance Department is responsible for fiscal operations of all Charities offices.

Catholic Charities Community Services

The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York seeks to uphold the dignity of each person as made in the image of God by serving the basic needs of the poor, troubled, frail and oppressed of all religions. We collaborate with the parish and Catholic and non-Catholic partners to build a compassionate and just society. Through a network of administered, sponsored and affiliated agencies, Catholic Charities delivers, coordinates and advocates for quality human services and programs touching almost every human need.

Catholic Guardian Services

Provides community-based child welfare services in the Bronx and Manhattan, including: Child abuse and neglect prevention services, including intensive preventative and aftercare services for youthful offenders; Healthy Families NY Program; foster care and adoption services, including services for children with HIV/AIDS and severe emotional disturbances; residential treatment for adolescents diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness, adolescent mothers, and youth preparing for adulthood. Family Day Care Services for working and low-income families in the Bronx. Juvenile Justice Non-Secure Detention services. Residential and Respite care services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those who are dual-diagnosed, non-ambulatory, blind, deaf, aged, and medically fragile. Maternity, private and international adoption services. Free counseling, medical and shelter care for women facing unplanned pregnancies. Homeless shelter care for mothers and infants up to age 3. Assistance in helping young mothers secure permanent housing, employment, medical care, and family stability.

Catholic New York

Catholic New York is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York, and the largest Catholic newspaper of its kind in the United Sates. Founded in 1981 by His Eminence, Terence Cardinal Cooke, CNY reports on the news and activities of the Catholic Church as it occurs in the parishes and schools of the Archdiocese, as well as across the country and around the world. CNY presents the experiences of those living the faith, and shows how those experiences reflect the Gospel message.

Catholic New York is one of the most honored Catholic newspapers in the United States, and is published bi-weekly.

Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services was founded in 1943 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Our mission is to assist the poor and disadvantaged, leveraging the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to alleviate human suffering, promote development of all people, and foster charity and justice throughout the world.

If you would like to find out how to make a difference in the United States, please call 866-608-5978.

Catholic Youth Organization

1011 First Ave

Floor: 6

New York, NY 10022

Contact: Edwin Broderick

Phone: 646-794-3619

CYO promotes the total spiritual and personal development of youth and young adults through various ministry centers, community centers, scouting programs, summer camps, athletic leagues, art and essay contests, leadership training programs and other religious, social and education activities in parishes.

Communications Office

The Archdiocesan Office of Communications oversees Catholic radio and television programs, advertising programs, and special communications events. The office also includes the Office of Spanish Communications and New Media Communications. Media requests can be sent to this office

Ecclesiastical Maintenance Services (EMS)

Ecclesiastical Maintenance Services (EMS) offers consultation and management services for the maintenance of Church properties. EMS also provides labor on a contractual basis for maintenance and custodial services.

Family Life / Respect Life

Every human person is created out of love by God, made in His image and likeness, and is destined to live forever. Out of this awareness of the profound reverence due to every person and a great desire to draw each one closer to Christ, we provide programs that prepare and enrich engaged and married couples, educate, support and strengthen families, build and promote a culture of life, and provide healing and comfort to those struggling with loss or grief.

Inner City Scholarship Program

Today ICSF provides funding to 94 elementary and 21 secondary schools in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. This support has helped ICSF schools increase the number of enrichment programs available to students, expand the accessibility to new technology in their classrooms, complete vital capital repairs in aging buildings, and most importantly, keep tuition low so that more deserving boys and girls can attend our schools.

Institutional Commodity Services (ICS)

Institutional Commodity Services (ICS) was established in 1941 as the official purchasing agency for all Catholic institutions and organizations. ICS also provides professional food management and distribution services to the primary school market.

Instructional Television - St Joseph's Seminary (ITV)

ITV is the Instructional Television service for the schools of the Archdiocese of New York. With broadcast studios located on the grounds of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, ITV transmits educational programming in all subject areas to more than 100 elementary and high schools throughout the Archdiocese, from Staten Island to Sullivan County - an educational blanket of more than 4,700 square miles!

Italian Apostolate

The Italian Apostolate promotes pride in the Catholic Faith and in Italian culture by maintaining contacts with parishes with Italian Masses, Italian-American societies, fraternal groups and advocacy causes. The Italian Apostolate also sponsors the annual Columbus Day Mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral on the second Monday in October.

Knights of Columbus

1011 First Ave

Floor: 13

New York, NY 10022

Contact:

Phone: 212-752-9620

Ladies of Charity

1011 First Ave

Floor: 13

New York, NY 10022

Contact:

Phone: 646-794-2542

Ladies of Charity recruits and refers Catholic women to works of service for the Church and the community.

Legion of Mary

The purpose of the Legion is to give glory to God through the sanctification of the members who become instruments of the Holy Spirit through frequent reception of the Sacraments and a balanced program of prayer and apostolic service under the guidance of a priest. Membership does not require specific skills or advanced spirituality. Any practicing Catholic, even a youngster, with the willingness to follow the Legion system and through the spirituality of the meeting and experience of the apostolic work, can become a true lay apostle.

Liturgy Office

Under the pastoral leadership of the Archbishop of New York, the Office of Liturgy serves as a resource for the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy throughout the Archdiocese of New York. The Office of Liturgy is administered by a part-time Director.

The functions of the Office include:

a. offering direction and consultation to clergy and faithful on matters pertaining to the liturgy; b. providing notification on liturgical matters issued by the competent ecclesiastical authority; c. keeping informed on the studies and programs taking place in the field of liturgical studies and pastoral liturgy; d. promoting programs that will contribute to the advancement of liturgical life in the Archdiocese; e. overseeing and approving the work of the Liturgical Art and Architecture Commission and the Liturgical Music Commission; f. collaborating with the Catechumenate Office and Office of Adult Faith Formation in providing liturgical formation for clergy and laity in the Archdiocese.

Northeast Hispanic Center

The Northeast Hispanic Center offers retreats, educational activities, publications and other services to help Hispanics maintain their connection to the church. Please contact us for more information.

Office of Vocations - Saint Joseph's Seminary

We believe that God is calling many young men to the priesthood. Could you be one of those men? Has anybody ever said to you that you would make a good priest? Have you thought about the idea, but tried to put it out of your mind? We challenge you now to consider it. Ask the Lord though prayer and the sacraments whether or not you are beinging called to continue the work of His Son to save souls. Could it be to serve His People right here in the Archdiocese of New York, the Capitol of the World, as Pope John Paul II said? And if you are, may God give you the courage and strength to make the next step in discernment, to prepare to be a spiritual father and to lead them to heaven.

Order of Malta

The Order of Malta is a lay, religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, which seeks to glorify God by promoting the sanctification of each member through his or her work with the sick and the poor and witness of the Catholic faith.

There are three United States Associations established by decree of the Grand Master and deliberative vote of the Sovereign Council of the Order headquartered in Rome: the American Association, U.S.A.; the Western Association, U.S.A.; and the Federal Association, U.S.A.

Prison Apostolate

The Prison Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New York ministers to those who are incarcerated and to the members of their family. The Apostolate assists in the placement of Catholic Chaplains in all of the correctional facilities within the ten (10) counties of the Archdiocese of New York. It further advocates on behalf of the ministry and the interests of our Catholic Chaplains as well as those of the Church in the field of corrections and in related areas. It facilitates the recruitment and the placement of prison ministry volunteers. It addresses issues and matters of public policy pertaining to corrections, parole, pardons, and re-entry. It also undertakes to be of service to those who serve in these areas, especially those who administer and staff correctional facilities.

Safe Environment Program

The mission of the Archdiocese's "Safe Environment Program" is to insure the safety of children and young people who have been entrusted to our care in our parishes, schools, religious education classes, and other programs.

If your interested in finding out more about our Safe Environment Program, click here to be taken to our section on this website. However, if you are interested in taking the required training class, then click the Register button below.

Superintendent of Schools

Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of New York educate young people in ten southern counties of New York State that begin in New York harbor and end in the foothills of the Catskills. Founded in 1805 in St. Peter's Parish in lower Manhattan, the schools today serve more than 88,000 students from pre-K to twelfth grade and are located in rural, urban and suburban settings.

Strong traditional academic programs grounded in basic skills meet the varied needs of each school population by incorporating technology, advanced math, hands on science, foreign language. Catholic theology and moral values anchor the school programs providing young people with a foundation on which to build their futures. In addition to the course work in Catholic religion and sacramental preparation, the schools provide young people with service opportunities ranging from food collections to service in community programs for the homeless and elderly.

The central offices of The Superintendent of Schools are located in the Terence Cardinal Cooke Catholic Center (1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022).

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation

Founded by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1946, to honor the memory of Alfred Emanuel Smith, New York's renowned Governor and patron of the "Little People", the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation supports and aids the poor, sick, and underprivileged of the Archdiocese of New York, regardless of race, creed, or color.

The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal

The Cardinal's Annual Stewardship Appeal conducts the annual fund raising campaign to support the pastoral, educational and charitable services of the Archdiocese of New York. The Appeal also provides staff support to parishes on capital campaigns and/or increased giving programs.

The Guild for Dorothy Day

On March 10, 2000, The Holy See granted to the Archdiocese, at the request of John Cardinal O'Connor, permission to open the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of Dorothy Day. With this approval, Dorothy Day was given the title of Servant of God. The next step towards sainthood is beatification, which requires the candidate be responsible for a posthumous miracle. To be considered a saint, a second miracle is needed. In order to assist the canonization process, The Guild for Dorothy Day was established. Its purpose is to spread the word of her life, work, and sanctity and to document her ability to intercede for people in need of God's healing mercy and assistance.

Prayers requesting the intercession of a Servant of God are essential to the Beatification and Canonization process. We ask that you pray your intercessory prayers to Dorothy Day on behalf of all petitions and for the advancement of the Cause. If you have received a favor through Dorothy Day's intercession, please contact The Guild.

If your are interested in becoming a member of The Guild for Dorothy Day or would like more information, please visit our website, www.dorothydayguild.org or contact Lourdes Ferrer at 212-371-1000 ext. 2474 or by email at lourdes.ferrer@archny.org.

Please mail the completed application to the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of New York, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Once it is received you will be contacted by a Tribunal staff member informing you about the next step.

University Apostolate - Campus Ministry

The mission of the University Apostolate is to invite and prepare college and university students for life-long, Christ-centered formation, to promote ecclesial communion and solidarity in the Church’s education apostolate, and to recall the true, the good, and the beautiful inherent in the pursuit of learning and the discovery of Wisdom.

Victims Assistance Coordinators are individuals designated by the Cardinal to receive and coordinate the handling of allegations of child abuse by Archdiocesan personnel. Please visit the Victims Assistance Coordinators section of this website to learn more, or report a complaint.

Youth Ministry

The Office of Youth Ministry supports schools, parishes and Church leaders in their mission to prepare youth and young adults to hear and respond to the call of Jesus Christ. We offer training, formation, networking, support, consulting, and events for youth and young leaders.